Skin Nerd: This is why you need to know your skin type

It’s time to take a closer look at your skin, says Jennifer Rock

As a first step to understanding what your skin needs, it is important to note it is functioning on a daily basis.

Whatever your skin goals may be, I truly believe that the key to skin that radiates health lies in education, enlightenment and empowerment. As a first step to understanding what your skin needs, it is important to note it is functioning on a daily basis. Looking beyond the traditional skin type categorizations such as oily, dry and combination is necessary now that products and diagnostic methods are more advanced in assessing your skin’s condition, texture and performance more accurately. But when you are standing in the chemist or are browsing the internet how do you work out the differences between so many similar-sounding skin types? Here I'm going to address three of the most commonly mixed-up sets of skin descriptors to arm you with the knowledge to make more informed skin decisions...

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